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• Digest: Google Launches Offerwall to Boost Publisher Revenue; IAB Launches Framework to Standardise Gaming Ad Metrics

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  In today’s digest, we cover Google launching Offerwall to boost publisher revenue, IAB launching a framework to standardise gaming ad metrics, Apple changing EU App Store terms with a new fee structure, and Apple and Google being told to drop [...]

• dentsu APAC’s Uma Ranganathan on Australia’s Social Media Ban Tech Trial, Ageism in Advertising, and Trading Truces 

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  In this MadTech Podcast episode, ExchangeWire head of marketing Grainne Reid is joined by head of content John Still and Uma Ranganathan, head of solutions development at dentsu APAC.  They discuss the tech trial carried out in Australia as the country [...]

• The Stack: AI and Ad Tech Under Scrutiny

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  This week, regulatory bodies across the globe signaled a sharp turn toward stricter oversight. In today’s MadTech Daily, we discuss a US Judge siding with Meta in an AI copyright lawsuit, authors suing Microsoft over AI training on books, and [...]

• Digest: US Court Backs Anthropic on AI Training Copyright; Japan FTC Penalises Dentsu Over Olympic Bids; Mobile Tops TV in UK Screen Habits

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  In today’s Digest, we discuss a US federal court backing Anthropic on an AI training copyright lawsuit, Japan’s FTC penalising Dentsu and others over Olympic bids, as well as  IPA’s TouchPoints data revealing mobile topping TV in UK consumers’ screen [...]

• You Do You. AI Will Do the Rest.

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  In her latest for ExchangeWire, columnist Shirley Marschall takes a look at why generative AI is flipping the script on advertising power… The digital ecosystem was built on a fundamental assumption: that marketers held the power. They owned the message, the [...]

• Digest: CMA Proposes Search Overhaul to Curb Google’s Dominance; FTC Intervenes in $13.5bn Omnicom-IPG Merger 

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  In today’s Digest, we cover the CMA’s proposed search overhaul to curb Google’s dominance, the FTC’s intervention in the Omnicom-IPG merger, and the eSafety commissioner’s call to include YouTube in Australia’s under-16s social media ban. We also discuss the UK’s [...]

• Kevel Unveils Kevel Console: AI-Powered, Unified Self-Service Platform Transforming Retail Media Networks

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  Kevel, the leading retail media technology provider, today (24 June, 2025) announces the launch of Kevel Console, an AI-powered self-service platform built for retailers, marketplace and publishers. Designed for scalability, control, and operational efficiency, Kevel Console combines powerful AI features [...]

• Digest: Google Offers Search Overhaul to Dodge EU DMA Fine and Pulls Out of Deal with Aussie Publishers; Apple Mulls Perplexity AI Acquisition

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  In today’s Digest, we discuss Google’s Search overhaul offer to dodge an EU DMA fine and Google backing out of its deal with Aussie publishers. Apple also mulls an acquisition of Perplexity AI, while being sued by shareholders over AI disclosures. Additionally, we [...]

• Digest: BBC Threatens Perplexity AI Over Content Scraping; Australia’s Tech Trial for Social Media Ban Receives Mixed Feedback

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  Today Dot discusses the BBC's legal threat against Perplexity AI over content scraping, Australia’s social media ban tech trial, and more...

• Mediacorp’s Raj Parekh on AI Search Reshaping the Industry, Perplexity Paying Publishers, and UK Broadcasters’ Battle Against the Streaming Giants

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  In this episode of the MadTech Podcast, ExchangeWire editor Aimee Newell Tarín is joined by head of content John Still and Raj Parekh, head, digital sales at Mediacorp.  They discuss how AI search is reshaping the industry, looking particularly at how [...]